Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism.
This weeks prompt: Pre-20th century books. Do you like to read books, stories, etc. from prior to the twentieth century? If not, why not? If yes, what do you like about them and do you have any recommendations?
Suggestions for prompts are always welcome!
Posting pictures is fine as long as they are book related, but I would like this thread to continue to be a NO GIF/YouTube/social media embed zone. Thanks, and happy commenting!
Today’s literary birthdays:
Thomas Corneille (1625), French lexicographer and playwright (RIP 1709)
Bolesław Prus (AKA Aleksander Głowacki (1847), Polish novelist, short story writer and phil (osopher (RIP 1912)
Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), German poet and playwright (RIP 1909)
George Griffith (1857), English science fiction novelist and short story writer (RIP 1906)
Edgar A. Guest (1881), English-American poet (RIP 1959)
Dino Campana (1885), Italian poet (RIP 1932)
Paul Tillich (1886), German philosopher and theologian (RIP 1965)
H.P. Lovecraft (1889), American horror short story writer and novelist (RIP 1939)
Tarjei Vesaas (1897) Norwegian poet and novelist (RIP 1970)
Vilhelm Moberg (1898) Swedish novelist, playwright and historian (RIP 1973)
Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Italian poet, winner of the Nobel Prize (RIP 1968)
Jean Gebser (1905), Swedish philosopher and poet (RIP 1973)
Jacqueline Susann (1918), American novelist (RIP 1974)
H. R. Van Dongen (1920), American illustrator , known for his science fiction book covers (RIP 2010)
John Boardman (1927), English art historian (RIP 2024)
Vasily Aksyonov (1932), Russian novelist (RIP 2009)
Alan Lee (1947), English illustrator
Greg Bear (1951), American science fiction novelist and short story writer (RIP 2022)